Salesforce Admin Certification Practice Test

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Which statement is true about ownership and sharing in a master-detail relationship?

The detail record can be owned by any user
The master record's owner dictates the detail record's sharing
Ownership is independent of the master record
Detail records cannot be shared

The correct answer is: The master record's owner dictates the detail record's sharing

In a master-detail relationship, the ownership and sharing of the detail record are directly tied to the master record. This means that the owner of the master record will also determine how the detail record is shared. When the master record's ownership changes, the owner of the detail record automatically changes to the new owner of the master record. This intrinsic relationship means that detail records inherit the sharing settings and permissions based on the master record. Therefore, the statement that the master record's owner dictates the detail record's sharing accurately reflects how these relationships work in Salesforce, highlighting the dependent nature of the ownership and sharing between master and detail records. The other statements are not true in the context of Salesforce's master-detail relationships. For instance, detail records cannot be owned independently of the master record, which is why ownership is not independent; they do not permit sharing to other users outside of the owner as dictated by the master record; and detail records indeed cannot be owned or shared by users separately from the master record.